Apple took a small share of the British chip designer, revealing how the company plans to power graphics in future iPod and iPhones touches.

Imagination Thursday announced that Apple has gained 3.6 percent stake in the company, which will only cost Apple 3.2 million pounds, or about $ 5 million. Imagination samples of the chip cores for various applications, but his most famous designs its PowerVR graphics cores for mobile phones.

This is considered a source of Apple’s interest to the company, according to AppleInsider, which has tracked Apple is interested in PowerVR technology for some time. Earlier this year, Imagination announced that the “international electronic systems company, has acquired a license for the PowerVR graphics cores, and in a press release Thursday, imagination said, Apple is also a licensee.

PowerVR cores are likely to sit next to the ARM-based processor core designs that former PA Group of semiconductor It is believed that in the future, developing iPhones. Imagination also signed a license production of combat iPhone processor maker Samsung, may indicate that Apple will continue to use the Samsung as the time production partner PA Semi designs are complete.